What does this tell about the choices Scrooge has made?

It was originally Marley's but the miserly Scrooge took ownership after Marley's death. Marley was opposite in his attitude to scrooge regarding spending money. He had a lavish lifestyle and the house was considered a town house in London which would have been expensive. When taking it over Scrooge broke the house in to apartments and a cellar in to a storage area for a wine merchant - he kept one apartment for himself and rented the rest out